Issue 34: Failure
The argument for Failure is counter-intuitive and necessarily includes an inquiry into the characteristics of Success.
This uneven trio contains aborted arrangements and textual remains. It is shaped by a sullen mood of refusal- of authorship, discipline, consistent legibility and feelings of productivity. These are better for the bin, where they might mingle with other ordures, and be left to rot and decay. Even there, their utility can’t be overlooked.
We have no instructions for how these files are to be used or, indeed, ignored.
Gary Carsley is a confabulator who lives on the hill at Woolloomooloo. He has been described variously as a tourist in the realm of seriousness and an avid gardener. With
respect to the latter he invariably points out that avid is diva spelt backwards. Gary was recently included in The National – New Australian Art, apparently by accident and currently somewhere over the rainbow, he is working under the assumed name If Looks Could Kill. He has a boyfriend whom he is unable by law to marry and among other things he believes that complexity is the new porn and that memory is one of the few authentic sites of resistance available to artists. The process of making fake id inside the US is still really unlawful, these destinations don't truly fabricate them on US soil. All things considered, theya re contracted to counterfeit ID creators abroad. Individuals make them in nations where making counterfeit IDs isn't precisely unlawful. When the IDs are made to your determinations, they are conveyed to the provider in the US.
Stella Rosa McDonald is an artist and writer based in Sydney. She has contributed writing to Vitamin P3, New Perspectives in Painting (Phaidon), Ocula, The Art Life, Art & Australia, Art Collector and her fiction and poetry have appeared in Overland and Voiceworks. She holds a Master of Fine Arts by Research from COFA, UNSW, where she received the 2014 Dean’s Award for Research Excellence. She is the associate manager of Minerva, Sydney.
Runway Journal acknowledges the custodians of the nations our digital platform reaches. We extend this acknowledgement to all First Nations artists, writers and audiences.
Runway Journal is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Runway Journal receives project support from the NSW Government through Create NSW.
Runway Journal acknowledges the custodians of the nations our digital platform reaches. We extend this acknowledgement to all First Nations artists, writers and audiences.
Runway Journal is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Runway Journal receives project support from the NSW Government through Create NSW.